Roland FR-8X User Manual

Playing the FR-8x
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3. Play the bass button board.
You’ll hear an Orchestra sound when you press a chord button in
the button board and an Accordion sound when you play bass
buttons.
4. Use the left registers to select other Orchestral sounds.
This choice is applied to Chord Section.
5. Press the LEFT HAND [ORCH BASS] button to select an
orchestral sound in the Bass section.
The [ORCH BASS] button indicator lights to indicate that the Bass
section plays Orchestral Sounds.
The [BASS & CHRD] button indicator ashes to indicate that the
Chord and Bass section doesn’t play Accordion Sounds.
The Orchestra Bass section is active for changing tone. The display
highlights the section selected for changing tone.
6. Use the left registers to select other Orchestral sounds.
This choice is applied to Bass Section.
Playing Orchestral Sounds Using Free Bass
System
1. Press the LEFT HAND [F.BASS] button.
The [F.BASS] button lights.
2. Press the LEFT HAND [ORCH CHRD/F.BASS] button to
select an orchestral sound in the Chord section.
The [ORCH CHRD/F.BASS] button indicator lights to indicate that
the Chord section plays Orchestral Sounds.
The [F.BASS] button indicator ashes to indicate that the Chord
section doesn’t play Accordion Sounds.
The Orchestra Chord section is active for changing tone. The display
highlights the section selected for changing tone.
3. Play the bass button board.
You’ll hear an Orchestra sound when you press a chord button in
the button board and an Accordion sound when you play bass
buttons.
4. Use the left registers to select other Orchestral sounds.
This choice is applied to Chord Section.
5. Press the LEFT HAND [ORCH BASS] button to select an
orchestral sound in the Bass section.
The [ORCH BASS] button indicator lights to indicate that the Bass
section plays Orchestral Sounds.
The [BASS & CHRD] button indicator ashes to indicate that the
Chord and Bass section doesn’t play Accordion Sounds.
The Orchestra Bass section is active for changing tone. The display
highlights the section selected for changing tone.

Roland FR-8X Specifications

General

Manual	Yes
Operating time	8 h
Battery voltage	24 V
Battery capacity	4500 mAh
Power source type	Battery
Display type	LCD
Display diagonal	2.4 \
Display resolution	320 x 240 pixels
Headphone outputs	1
USB connector type	USB Type-A, USB Type-B
USB ports quantity	2
Type	Piano accordion
Keys quantity	41 keys
Tones quantity	16
Tuning presets	Alpine, American L/H, Classic, D-Folk L/H, Dry, F-Folk, French, German L/H, Italian L/H, North Europe, Off, Scottish
RMS rated power	50 W
Speaker diameter	90 mm
Bass reed quantity	5
Drum sets quantity	18
Chord reed quantity	3
Treble reed quantity	7
Organ sounds quantity	32
Number of bass buttons	120 buttons
User programs quantity	1400
Maximum polyphony (notes)	128
Orchestral sounds quantity	180
Reverberation effects quantity	8
Adjustable tone range (octaves)	-1 - 3
Bellows resistance adjustment range	-63 - 64
Housing color	Red

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	280 mm
Width	543 mm
Height	415 mm
Weight	12100 g